State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,907 Rhode Island births in 1989 across 417 distinct names.

Distinctively Rhode Island

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Rhode Island more than they say America.

#83Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#86Caitlynoutside the national top 200
#99Aimeeoutside the national top 200
#99Maxwelloutside the national top 200
#55Brendan#145 nationally
#64Mathew#143 nationally
#92Louis#163 nationally
#94Colleen#159 nationally
#72Russell#136 nationally
#98Marc#160 nationally
#65Dennis#123 nationally
#90Henry#141 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda237US #4
#2Ashley187US #2
#3Jessica161US #1
#4Kayla140US #20
#5Nicole135US #12
#6Samantha129US #6
#7Sarah129US #5
#8Jennifer124US #7
#9Stephanie110US #8
#10Brittany106US #3
#11Elizabeth93US #10
#12Lauren85US #9
#13Danielle84US #17
#14Courtney78US #21
#15Emily71US #13
#16Katherine69US #26
#17Laura69US #25
#18Michelle69US #22
#19Megan63US #11
#20Melissa63US #19
#21Alexandra58US #43
#22Christina58US #23
#23Heather58US #15
#24Rebecca55US #24
#25Alyssa54US #33
#26Chelsea51US #27
#27Alicia47US #53
#28Allison47US #46
#29Erin47US #40
#30Kelsey47US #31
#31Kimberly47US #28
#32Caitlin45US #49
#33Tiffany42US #16
#34Victoria42US #44
#35Katie41US #45
#36Kristen40US #36
#37Rachel40US #18
#38Katelyn39US #76
#39Erica38US #34
#40Lisa37US #55
#41Sara36US #29
#42Amy35US #35
#43Christine35US #59
#44Kathryn35US #58
#45Shannon35US #61
#46Lindsay32US #63
#47Cassandra31US #54
#48Kelly31US #37
#49Meghan31US #80
#50Brianna30US #77
#51Tara30US #70
#52Vanessa30US #50
#53Andrea28US #39
#54Jamie28US #52
#55Marissa28US #81
#56Amber26US #14
#57Bethany26US #102
#58Angela25US #47
#59Crystal24US #32
#60Jillian24US #106
#61Mary24US #38
#62Hannah23US #42
#63Jacqueline23US #64
#64Jenna23US #71
#65Kathleen23US #90
#66Natasha23US #87
#67Melanie21US #88
#68Brittney20US #41
#69Jasmine20US #30
#70Kaitlyn20US #95
#71Catherine19US #67
#72Holly19US #79
#73Krystal19US #82
#74Alexandria18US #104
#75Alison18US #119
#76Julie18US #78
#77Kristina18US #65
#78Bianca17US #91
#79Caroline17US #113
#80Casey17US #103
#81Leah17US #83
#82Molly17US #93
#83Michaela16
#84Abigail15US #94
#85Briana15US #126
#86Caitlyn15
#87Kaitlin15US #100
#88Kristin15US #60
#89Patricia15US #89
#90Kara14US #101
#91Lindsey14US #48
#92Sabrina14US #116
#93Anna13US #51
#94Colleen13US #159
#95Felicia13US #111
#96Jaclyn13US #138
#97Jordan13US #72
#98Margaret13US #97
#99Aimee12
#100Kendra12US #99

Boys

#1Michael328US #1
#2Matthew271US #3
#3Christopher249US #2
#4Andrew187US #7
#5Nicholas180US #14
#6David177US #5
#7Joshua173US #4
#8Robert149US #10
#9John143US #12
#10Joseph141US #11
#11Daniel139US #6
#12Ryan137US #13
#13Kyle133US #20
#14James124US #9
#15Justin123US #8
#16Jonathan109US #17
#17William108US #15
#18Steven104US #22
#19Kevin99US #19
#20Anthony95US #16
#21Timothy90US #28
#22Alexander88US #32
#23Brian86US #24
#24Thomas86US #23
#25Adam83US #27
#26Eric82US #21
#27Zachary82US #25
#28Benjamin81US #29
#29Jeffrey79US #37
#30Nathan71US #43
#31Patrick67US #38
#32Gregory65US #52
#33Sean65US #39
#34Richard62US #33
#35Peter61US #66
#36Stephen61US #40
#37Brandon52US #18
#38Paul50US #49
#39Corey49US #55
#40Jason49US #35
#41Tyler49US #30
#42Samuel47US #47
#43Derek45US #54
#44Edward45US #62
#45Mark40US #42
#46Cory38US #61
#47Scott37US #51
#48Jacob35US #26
#49Shawn33US #65
#50Aaron32US #31
#51Bryan32US #56
#52Jared32US #57
#53Jeremy32US #34
#54Jesse32US #50
#55Brendan31US #145
#56Charles31US #36
#57Kenneth31US #53
#58Evan29US #69
#59Jordan28US #44
#60Shane27US #71
#61Jose25US #46
#62Raymond25US #86
#63Ian22US #68
#64Mathew21US #143
#65Dennis20US #123
#66Craig19US #105
#67Gary19US #106
#68Keith19US #70
#69Antonio18US #76
#70Douglas18US #92
#71George18US #79
#72Russell18US #136
#73Seth18US #94
#74Alex17US #60
#75Luis17US #73
#76Travis17US #41
#77Brett16US #81
#78Devin16US #96
#79Ronald16US #85
#80Christian15US #78
#81Juan15US #63
#82Phillip15US #75
#83Alan14US #120
#84Cameron14US #64
#85Colin14US #126
#86Vincent14US #80
#87Donald13US #82
#88Dylan13US #115
#89Frank13US #109
#90Henry13US #141
#91Randy13US #127
#92Louis12US #163
#93Philip12US #101
#94Trevor12US #83
#95Angel11US #140
#96Carlos11US #77
#97Erik11US #95
#98Marc11US #160
#99Maxwell11
#100Mitchell11US #93

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑49Brianna#50
↑36Michelle#18
↑29Tara#51
↑29Natasha#66
↑27Allison#28
↑25Amber#56
↑24Angela#58
↑23Shannon#45

Falling

↓44Lindsey#91
↓35Michaela#83
↓31Marc#98
↓29Kaitlyn#70
↓25Amy#42
↓22Philip#93
↓21Kaitlin#87
↓21Vincent#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.